how to say “border crossing” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-1.m4a” /]הִתְנַדְּבוּת The concept of volunteering goes all the way to Biblical times, where the root נ.ד.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-2.m4a” /] of that meaning first appears. To volunteer is להתנדב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-3.m4a” /], a reflexive-intensive התפעל verb. Likewise, volunteering is התנדבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-4.m4a” /]יש מקום התנדבות מעניין בשכונת בקעה בירושלים. There’s an interesting volunteering place in…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ירק-1.m4a” /]יֶרֶק What are the primary colors? That’s subject to debate, but green – ירוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ירק-2.m4a” /] – is generally considered one of them. In the feminine ירוק becomes ירוקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ירק-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ירק-4.m4a” /]יש להם בית ירוק עם גינה ירוקה. They have a green house with a green garden. Green is the color…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנוע-1.m4a” /]מָנוֹעַ Though in English an engine and engineering come from the same root, in Hebrew this is not the case. While the profession of egineering is הנדסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנוע-2.m4a” /] and an engineer is a מהנדס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנוע-3.m4a” /] (a male) or מהנדסת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנוע-4.m4a” /] (a female), an engine or a motor is a מנוע. While the הנדסה probably derives from…